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THE BRITISH BLUE CROSS CORPS AT WORK IN THE FIELD the work of the I? orps was put into be ? beginning ot this -. ! work in the war lent i .ngland ! he Ueed ble mounts tor Miilitarv pur? poses has been on the decline, and in re cent years the expo.-t of such horses h.?s extensive. When it is remembered tH.it it take-: about two years' training of equin? foi ? avalry and artillery to secure efficiency in the- field, the urgency of doing something to consen e the supply in h,?nri is obvious, I he Blue Cross Corps ?Iocs tor thr tior.se wh.it the R--r| I rOSI doe t?D BUCCOl fallen loldiers, and is full) mai ? t quipped t<> > over thoi ou^ I ! - expr? ted ot it. I he Bril ! only one apparently wl ?en is making ??llort. eithei humanitarian oi e onomical, raes The llva ' i. oi gi a value. ? ally injured h . : ;? other. '. to I; Base Hospital and will be it i l.i' when the de niand will be even more urgent than it ii now. LINKS FROM WAR'S FORGE BIl D INDIA'S HEART TO THAT OF ENGLAND ..f l.or.don, have puh India i~ H?." ind goal ? ? lei is ?prom new? i" the ;i rt ? ? le I?? re. ..I the Sunday Tribune h *?rd l - written bj Rhapeadraaath . . : , ? ..i i he Im," nal I | I?tiu? ? DJ \n \i II RAS1 Wl ? ?rt and soul witl * D to the 11 ; not be ?e ? novel luen in Ii or. h*v me in touch with the I India. Alas, all Englishmen, try to do so. If India :y in the . ?-?ti i ir._f.er for wonder indeed; bu- India . idle of the eighteenth centui;. into ? ? ? anarchy and ? p of the Fren? ?? . I populations. The battle r the foundations of '. . gave to the East India I -tration of Bengal, wi much on the invitation of th? ' ?he threatened ad, aad ? followed the government of ? ot upply a single soldier or ' It was sol? Sfitl India's ?ritfa Indian blood that the ? r it up and . e, in 1861 ?red. it was 1 ? e,i Pr< ' ' S0V B India is m*ffet roughly mislead ? * ? tion ' ' ? ? i hu??fei ? I- t . the I ? rnivii Indie was just from a bloody ami terrible II king a and important epoch in th? if India, dered doubly n ? the great imotion of Queen \'ictoria. which he ed tire Magna < harta of the Indian te menai p, bringing the ?olace of to a bleeding people and holding out hopes of a great future, combined with sentiments as ?..s have ever moved humanity, was the pre? dominant feature of thi* noble me-sage, and it i with a humble and solemn prayer w'hich traight Into th? hearts of an Oriental .? 'r-tinct with the religious spirit. ? announcing a general emneaty the proc ?.on proceeded: ? \\'e desire no extern on of Oui territorial poc ? ?; and wl? permit n< ? ion "i < >ur rights, We shall ?10 encroachment on those "f other?. We shall respect the rights, dignity and honor of Our 1 ?? Pi Ineea a i lur own. "We bold Ouraelves hound to the natives of Our territoi ame obligation?? of duty ch bb .1 Us to all Our oth? - ubjeets; and 11 s ti? "-. by the blessing of Almigl I I We ill faithfully and eonaeientioualy fulfil. [I ?'? the ?? r eel - govern ? - will be Oui m tt ? '?. all pi der I .to carry i from . ? b? policy of pj ? -,-??<-??,? ... .,,? ?) ... ;, | | aptly c?.: ?? gh the lips of a female - and it is not .??. policy whir1 has re pented <?n the fiftieth anniver . ? great proclamation, it was confirmed ami rat ? ? another ?-i?: tage fiom King Edward VII to the ' ,.r .1 people of India. I1 reeei short the actual ?dminiatration it muia may hme fallen of this great Ideal, 'he Indian people have alwayi regarded it fundamental pri - tule in In.: them and to 'hen sovereign it has no- been a mere scrap o? paper No ?ttcmpt has since bee? mf.de, as was done dur tiatloi ley s turb Iridian pril D their and though the p I overm? ddling B ilwi found a generou? and syn.r .1 ad er in Vi? ind Lord Hard? ? - - has beeii. on 'he ? hole, gal . ? .. fiom new-hat mutilo! eration, an - attit ids ifying the ,; ? ment of India with the In.i . ? . que.-;.on affecting th? of the British ?-.lupin , have drawi the and Indian, .-thcr. i here is in India of the sflta of Brit i imenle d, if carried on under the - r ? un the if constant tutelage which glo-Indian adtn : I to upon it. Several generations m 1- - lived ?: n? the ? tachmrnl and devotion hai - member! of the the ? . irround themael [ing and Qoeei . ? -. t<ible the King in Ins various ad ., did much to hearten the people In their faith In the nent of the grea* ition of Queen \ - hopes red had made them falter. The [i pie justly demand a great exten f education among the masse?, for it is the -, and the words of 'he ? in his reply to the eddroac of the Cniver . have been taken by them aa a ???elopment of ? In It over the land a network of ola and eollegee, from which will g.? loyal and manly and useful .hie to hold own in the industries and agriculture and all the vocations in life. And l( h, too, omee of my Indian subjects may be ' their lal i ed by th?? ? I of knowledge, with all I I in its ,evel of thought, of comfort and of h?-.. ' Ion that n.. be fulfilled, and the i I ' ? Indian people, GERMANY MAY TAKE LEAF FROM AMERICAN BOOK AND SEND SUBMARINES OVERLAND IT HAS h'e'i said that Germany purp. to transport a number of her sub? ? overland to Antwerp in order tc tec ti on ai . a ?? . from Wilhelm ..haven down along the coast of Holland. In other word . the under tfl he both an overland .ind a sub mar- of war and I of a ?i rough man and Belgian i Thai tiative, tl wel i ? tblii bed In ? !. . .. || an governs ? i .... pose i i ?? Dc ? ? fed i re ant encoi. and the r ring her ? . ht and ppo? to Baltic. r.lacrd upon 'he . . morn Island ami -tinted seaward with n the amui ?r a time. I :n the . ' .?.ntch Th? ... tion to send the freighter .. -o the ? lony. Ultimatel) the Pi lector, for such on Lake'i name f? put through h?i water. Then the Ruaaian 1 tilled that the boat ? tl ould make of the craft, which they renamed Oeetr, -.?.i- to make her a part of the n obili defen? Now, Vladhroatok ira ? g matter of thing short ? mstadt ? P? '.-rsburg. the former being the nn I mn capital It -vu? manifest the naval ofllciale that the Oeetr eon .ml to that ? i he P ? see would have I eirl but one altei ? the narr? -e?.an foot, ami this meant more the ordinary g? .lu?? the same, " rerlaad, and up to Mr. Lake I lion, ? ? I ? ? ?taking removing the propellers, I I ? ?' I BUppOl ? ' ecu re and h? under ail of the bridge? ; ? 'i tl rough the several tuan? is ?lot the i the B rder? - ? ? ? - '? lushed ? ?.. Then they , and there, in a <?n ad I ' ' ? ... lined for I Th th? eg ro? itched overland faster than it was found ? , port the pioneer Osetr. After . on the Pacific these ? r? rter by ? goodly '. mersibles now in '!. G rmaiiy, und for that reason offered s in carriage by rail. But the h the last of them were handled ? 1 how easy it was to cut the boats apart I of I :vets arouiid ?-ary to bring the t again In proper line, re? re i ? ?pat ' .? ? fins can do If th? their ' passage lid be nee remove rr- - .- te* ?s inel n the long tul ? I ? r?a ? . ' -er The bul ' 1 fully. ? i decoration b] ' I which must be carri'i . have be?-,. ,-ht o:* ? : ?ople, hen I to an aneienl ition, * eftt the help to administer her rule. Important question?, such as the right to carry arms. ? missioned ranks of the army, the recognition of equal citizenship in British coloneis, the administration at justice, a morn aquitabla par ticipation In the government of the country, still await solution, and India has aoeeeeorily felt at times sore and heartsick; but there i.e. er his been any desire to break away. India ha nitely set herself to forge ah- - to this end to work in India as well as in England by every constitutional means in her pow?r With sympafhet - like the Marquis of t rewe and Lord Hardiage al -rie head of affairs, her r- may not be 1? ?alt. Some people msy have laug .ermans among others, that the difficult - of It lian administration woul'i ad India -| ?-?; and ethers who real.. I lie in ' '1 with caution, ha been to ?ome extern. cf th? has g that they a ? Hut India hat doubted. Her hear' has been wholly ? the foundations of her fairh have been ? ightly disturbed; all that ih -i rulo .n India ?should ? <-p"ci nee. that -, nit*? a rule by ?he peop!.- as part of | | ? !, Em? pire, as wa? foroaooB aad I men who moulded bos part of the nineteenth ci S realizes it muet ho e re . sa. Then came th 4r, sud-len iwlfti all doubt, all > I The rtunity 1 1 h poait with other pari v ? ? ? ?lu!, end tl . ?' th ? | ? ? .-r in the m, for they ha I . I ?k-ry force,